NOTICE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Press Release – Wisconsin Rural Water Association

        January, 2006

350 Water Way                                                                  
Plover, WI 54467
Telephone: 715-344-7778           
Fax: 715-344-5555
Contact: Kathy Savonne, Kathy@wrwa.org

            Wisconsin Rural Water Association Wins Rural Water State Association of the Year

Officials of the National Rural Water Association are pleased to announce that Wisconsin Rural Water Association received top honors as the State Association of the Year at NRWA’s Annual Tribute to Excellence Awards Ceremony held in Sacramento, California on October 12.
The prestigious State Association of the Year award is selected from a compilation of scores from other individual and association awards presented, as well as association growth and other efforts in assisting rural water systems.  It projects a team effort in all areas of professional association operations and membership services.

Established in 1987, Wisconsin Rural Water Association is a non-profit organization of rural and small water and wastewater systems.  WRWA represents over 85 percent of systems serving populations under 10,000.  The association provides training sessions to thousands of Municipal and Non-Municipal employees each year, while making over 250 on-site technical assistance visits to systems each month.

Members receive assistance in many areas including: leak detection/audits, monitoring procedures, funding sources, regulatory compliance, wellhead protection programs, water and wastewater training classes, plant operations, and other specialty areas.  

The NRWA Awards in Excellence program was established to recognize the outstanding efforts of the Member State Affiliates, their staff, and special members of the rural water industry. 

The National Rural Water Association is a non-profit federation of State Rural Water Associations.  Its mission: to provide state associations with support services to meet the needs of their membership.  NRWA is America’s largest utility association with over 24,558 members.

Historically, NRWA’s state associations have trained over 55,000 water and wastewater system personnel each year for two decades.  They also provide over 90,000 on-site technical assistance visits a year.